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Night Slasher: “The court is civilized, isn’t it pig?”
Cobretti: “But I’m not. This is where the law stops and I start — sucker!”
George P. Cosmatos’s Cobra (1986)
(Originally written on January 8th, 2015)
In lieu of post-vacation unreasonable new year demands, time is finally ripe to discipline our calendars. The commute-to-work routine of January is slowly washing the Christmas silhouette away. We are glad to see you behind your wheels, your desks, and your counters. Today, on our way to work, some of you were drowned in despair, as though the holidays were supposed to reset your brain and replace it with kaleidoscopic dreams. Not sure why you expect things to be exactly the way you want. We hope you leave those wishful thinkings behind and see life as it comes, like, jumping off as the alarm goes off, having coffee, turning up on time, and just being a decent worker for your employers. Yes, why not?
Once you have done all that, do you know what we do for you in return? We will join you in doing so and will accomplish our tasks as a music blog that is supposed to bring stamp-proof, validated, and verified music to you. As we opened the new mailbox, overwhelmed at the sight of new submissions, we all thought the same thing: “You people are only making things harder for us.” The spearmintability of some of these tracks not only passes the test but heralds an…